1/200 S2E79 - Kanaky Self Determination and Independence
Episode description
We speak with Joe Xulue about the history of Kanaky (New Caledonia) and the context for the current crisis caused by France’s National Assembly passing a bill that removed electoral restrictions protecting the demographic status of the nation’s indigenous Kanaky people on May 14 2024.
Joe’s explainer in the SpinOff
This episode’s co-hosts
Joe, Josephine, Kyle
Timestamps
0:00 Introductions
2:40 What’s Happening in Kanaky
6:19 The Missing Voices of Discourse
8:42 Independance vs Decolonization
11:44 A Brief History of Kanaky
17:01 The 80s Protest Movements
24:52 Resources and Wealth Disparity
29:43 Failed Promises of the Accord
34:41 Three Referendums and a Settler Majority
47:35 Latest Referendum and a Common Destiny
52:22 Double Standard of Violence
59:42 The Relationships of the Pacific
1:06:59 Going Forward
1:11:48 Closings
Intro/Outro by The Prophet Motive
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